News

April 2, 2014
Everything about the Hövding airbag for cyclists is extraordinary: It cost £10m to develop; its sensors record the wearer’s movements 200 times a second and, with a price tag of £260, it costs more than many bicycles. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] The ground-breaking approach to head protection for cyclists has resulted in Hövding already...
Cycling

March 21, 2014
Next time you check your hair or make up in your car's vanity mirror, it might talk back; Volvo, the pioneer of the three-point seat belt, has developed a car that reacts when a driver looks tired or inattentive behind the wheel. By placing a sensor on the dashboard to monitor where the driver is looking, their head position and angle and...
Driving

March 21, 2014
Attempts to improve on the efficiency of the bicycle are doomed to fail, but the Halfbike’s combination of cycling and ‘bike jogging’ appears to offer a fun alternative way to move around the city; like a cross between a unicycle and a child’s scooter, the design promises to bring 'joy to urban mobility'. [quote type="cycle_insurance"]...
Cycling

March 21, 2014
Slowly but surely, cycling is growing in the British consciousness as something desirable, fashionable and approachable – a fact reflected by the welcome return of a festival of cycling culture in the capital next weekend. Join the ETA at Spin LDN cycling festival next...
Cycling

March 14, 2014
Lycra is 55 years old this year and as it crosses into middle age, and probable crisis, it has re-invented itself as digital clothing. French company Cityzen Data has transformed an otherwise unremarkable Lycra cycling top into a digital shirt bristling with micro-sensors to monitor the wearer’s temperature, heart rate, speed, acceleration...
Cycling

March 14, 2014
For the one third of Londoners who do not have a car, and those others in the capital for whom motoring is an expensive, if necessary, evil, a public electric car hire scheme is to be launched. Paris already has Autolib – a pool of 2,000 electric cars sited across Paris and its suburbs, which drivers are able to rent at any time. Bolloré,...
General News

March 14, 2014
Now that spring has sprung, and the warmer weather invites picnics in the park and jaunts to the local pub by bicycle, it seems a good time to brush up on the law surrounding cycling and alcohol. In law, a bicycle is defined as a carriage for use on the highway, but cyclists are not in charge of ‘mechanically propelled‘ vehicles so, in law,...
General News

March 7, 2014
If the sudden onset of seasonal weather this weekend leaves you undecided over whether to get out on your bicycle or spring clean your house, why not combine the two? Jay Nelson has combined his love of cycling with stuff he had lying around his house to build Golden Gate – a tiny mobile camper big enough to carry two surfboards on its roof...
Cycling

March 7, 2014
Motor Shows allow car manufacturers to play top trumps, with maximum power and top speed winning the most newspaper headlines. The Geneva show this week is no different, but in amongst the Lamborghinis, the true stars are the latest brace of city cars. Cars like the VW Golf and Mini have become middle aged – compared to their specifications...
Driving

March 7, 2014
A fashion for nostalgic cycle rides is growing across the channel. While we have the Tweed Run, an event held in London each year that grows in popularity by the year, the French have the Anjou Velo Vintage bicycle festival. With a strong emphasis on recapturing the style and atmosphere of the early days of cycling, period-correct dress...
Cycling